Schools share in trade centres funding

Three Shoalhaven high schools have received more than $3 million in Federal Government funding for trades centres.

Shoalhaven High School, Nowra High School and Saint John The Evangelist Catholic High School will each build state-of-the-art training centres for certain trades.

Each of the schools will provide Certificate Two qualifications for trades with a shortage in the region.

Federal Senator Ursula Stephens says trade centres are a great way to keep students in school until they complete year 12.

"There are some people who are particularly trades bent and they're not academic and they don't want to pursue an academic career," she said.

"So trades training centres actually create an additional pathway so students can be undertaking the early stages of a traineeship or an apprenticeship and then that leads into their post-school training."